Hydroaeroplane.



B. C. EDWARDS.

HYDROAEROPLANE.

APPLxcATloN man ocT. 1. 1914.

Patented Oat. 12, 1915.

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HYDROAEROPLANE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. I. 1914.

Patented Oct. 12, 1915.

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HYDROAEROPLANE.

APPLICATION FILED 001.1. 19I4.

Patented 001. 12, 1915.

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R. C. EDWARDS.

HYDROAEROPLANE.

' APPLICATION FILED ocT.1.1914.

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4Patented Oct. 12, 1915.

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R. C. EDWARDS.

HYDROAEROPLANE.

APPLICATION FILED ocT.1.1914. l

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@Edwards `ROBEJRL CHARLES EDWARDS, OF CANNELTONQINDIANA, ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF T0 OTTO KNIESCHE, OF TELL CITY, INDIANA.

HYDROAEROPLANE.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 12, 1915.

Application led October 1, 1914. Serial No. 864,469.

To all whom t may concern:

a full, clear, and exact description of the.

invention, such as will enable others skilled yin the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in flying boats orhydroaeroplanes and comprises an apparatus of this nature -havingvarious details of construction, combinations and arrangements of partswhich will be hereinafter fully described, shown in the accompanyingdrawings and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings. in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the hydroaeroplane. Fig. 2 is a frontelevation. Fig.

3 is a bottom plan view. Fig. 4 is a central lon.

gitudinal sectional view. Fig. 5 is a top plan view with theplaneremcved. Fig. 6 is a Vertical central sectional view, and Figs. 7and 8 are detail views of parts of the apparatus.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by numeral, 1designates the body portion of the boat which may be of any size orshape and which is adapted to containthe motor 2 for driving thepropellers. A shaft 3 is fastened to the boat and upon which the Wheelsare journaled, and bars-5, having buffers 6 upon the ends thereof, arepivotally mounted upon the pins 7, and springs 8 are connected at .theirforward ends to the upper ends of the bars 5 and their other ends aresecured to the standards 10 held by the straps 11 upon the oppositesides of the boat near the rear end thereof. Y Said buffers are adaptedto take up shock incident to the boat-coming in contact with the groundor other object' when the apparatus is alighting.I

Upon reference to the drawings, it will be noted that the under surfaceof the bottom has a recess 12 and bowed braces 13 are held by straps 14fastened to the bottom of said recessed portion along the marginal edgesof the boat, said braces extending rearward and are-fastened to the rearend of the truss braces 15 which support the plane 16. Dlagonallydlsposed braces 17 are fastened at the1r lower ends to the bowed braces13 and thelr upper ends are secured to the truss braces 15. In thedrawings I have illustrated two of the truss braces 15 parallel toeachother and spaced apart, being rein forced by the cross braces 18 and19.

Longitudinal bars 20 are secured to the plane 16 and diagonally disposedtruss braces 21 are fastened at their lower endsl to the supports 10,one upon either side, and

to the lugs 11 which are integral with theI straps 11 and their upperends are fastened l to the bars 20 upon the plane. Said braces 21 havebearing members 22 fastened thereto and in which the propeller shafts 24are journaled, having propeller wheels 25 at the ends thereof. Saidpropeller shafts have sprocket wheels 20X secured thereto and sprocketchains 20@ connect the same with the motor by connection ,with thesprocket wheels 20 upon the latter. V-l shaped braces 26,'each have alower end fastened to a lsupporting standard 27, held bythe straps 28and the angled portion of each brace 26 is secured to a truss 21, whilethe upper end of eachy V.shaped brace is fastened to a bar 20, as shownclearly in the drawing. Bv this means. the truss braces which hold thepropeller shafts will be held rigidly and securely in place.

Other bowed'braces, designated by numeral 28', are held by the straps 29to the ,bottom of the boat in advance of said recessed portion and theirforward ends are lsecured to the forward ends of the-truss braces 15.

Straps, designated by numeral 30, are fastened to the bowed braces 28 aslight distance above lthe bottom of the board, and 31 designates aresilient bar passing through said straps and held rigidly by means ofbolts 32 to the rear edge of the boat. Said bar 31, it will be notedupon reference to' Fig. 2, projects beyondthe opposite sides of arefurther reinforced by the brace rods 40 which are secured at their upperends to the forward ends of the bars 20.

Fastened in the bracket arms 41, which are secured to the under edge ofthe truss braces 15, is a rock shaft 42 to whiclrthe raising andlowering plane 43 is fixed and an arm 44 projects from said plane 43 andis pivotally connected by means of a bar 45 to the post 4G in which thesteering wheel 47 is pivotally mounted. Said steering post is mountedupon a rock shaft 48 ljournaled in the angle bars 49, secured to theopposite sides of the boat, and curved tubes 50 are fastened to the postat points diametrically opposite and serve as guides for the .cable 51which passes about the grooved circumference of the steering wheel and.

thence passes rearwardly to and through the curved tubes 53, thence overthe pulleys 54, and the ends of the cable are secured to the opposite'sides of the rudder 55 which Y Ahas pintles 56,

and 57 in its upper and lower edges, 'the' latter of which is journaledin the bearing in a deck o'f the boat and the other pintle in a bearingin a cross bar 59 which is fastened to the truss braces 15.

A pivotal seat and back, designated by numeral 60, is pivotally mountedupon a shaft 61 and a rnd 62 pivotally connects said seat with a barprojecting from the rock shaft carrying the steering wheel Aand affordsmeans whereby the operator, by tilting the seat and back, may cause thesteering wheel to swing back and forth to adjust Y the angle of theraising and lowering plane 43, accordingly as it may be desired to causethe aeroplane to be disposed at diderent inclinations in the act ofraising and lowering.

A ieXible bar 65, similar to the bar 30 before described, is mounted instraps fastened to the braces 13 a slight distance beyond the rear ofthe boat and Hoats 66 are fastened one to each end of the bar 65, whilesprings 67 connect the forward ends of the fioats 66 with the braces 68.lit will be understood that the portions of the bars 30A and 65 whichproject intermediate the straps to hold the same to the braces 28 and 13respectively, are resilient and, by reason of their thinness, the barswill yield in the event of pressure coming vupon said floats and, whenthe pressure is relieved, the bars will return to their normalpositions.

lfn operation, the propellers are driven in 'of travel of the craft.

the usual manner by the motor and, when it is desired to cause thehydroaeroplane to rise from the ground or surface of the water, theoperator by tilting the seat may cause the lifting plane 43 to be tiltedin proper position to cause the craft to pass into the air whensufficient momentum is produced and, by the tilting of the rockshaftythe craft may be caused to raise or lower, while, by the rotarymovementA of the steering wheel in one way or the other,` the rudder maybe operated to direct the forward line In the event of the boat lightingon the surface of the water, the fioats, one upon either side, willyield to absorb the shock and will tend to balance the craft upon the`surface of theV water, the` spring-pressed buffers serving as a meansfor taking up shock in case the boat lands upon the ground. rlhefloatsat either the forward or rear end of the boat will also serve as shockabsorbers in the event of the craft lighting upon land.

While li have shown a particular detailed construction of apparatusembodying theI features of my invention, it will be understood thatvarious modifications in the detailed construction of the apparatus maybe made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What l claim to be new is:

1. A hydroaeroplane comprising a boat, bowed braces securedlongitudinally to the bottom thereof, planes secured to the upper endsof said braces, resilient cross bars fas- -tened to said bowed bracesand projecting beyond the opposite sides of the car', and floats rigidlysecured to the ends of said resilient bars.

2. A hydroaeroplane comprising a boat having an odset under the rear4portion thereof, straps secured to boat adjacent to its opposite edges,bowed braces engaging said straps, a plane secured to said braces,strapssecured to said bowed braces, resilient bars passing through saidstraps upon the braces and projecting beyond the opposite sides of theboat, Hoats rigidly fastened to the ends of said bars.

lin testimony whereof il hereunto affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

HUBERT GMES EDWARDS.

Witnesses: Y

THOMAS all. Qin-10K, Gao. Gannon.

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